31-05-2010, 13:52
It should be quite noticeable that the Mono versions are better than the stereo ....................In some cases you have even got better takes in Mono than stereo, because the mono mixes were made from the best takes as there were no real compromises. EMI was not really set up for the greatest stereo work ( only in the classical department) Old George Martin was a very canny producer and knew how to hide technical limitations well in mono but, in the Stereo mixing he knew that more could be revealed and his nice tight joins and coverings up were much more visible in Stereo
There is something odd about the Stereo reissues that makes me think that EMI has one more marketing trick up their sleeves.......................The Yellow Submarine Songbook and Love have stripped back Stereo mixes ...........The reissues do not seem to
I'll explain
George Martin used his 2 tracks and 4 tracks well..................He knew what to record in what order to minimise the background noise and get the best performance on the edge tracks 1 and 4. In addition he actually manged to make more tracks available than 2 or 4 by recording say four tracks and then using a second machine to mix the four from the first down to one on the second machine ........thus giving seven tracks
ON YSS and Love , George and Giles Martin returned to these first four track tapes and unpicked them onto digital machines so that he cound remove the technical limitations which occurred when over dubbing to the second machine. Thus YSS and Love are virtually 8 track recordings with digital enhancement.........The early and mid reissues are not........................
To hear what this means listen to " Its All Too Much " on 1985 CD and YSS you can just about hear the shouts from George at the beginning part and maybe make it out on YSS not on 1985 or so well on the reissues...............The Reissues whilst balanced for sound etc, do not get to this clarity..........Thus the EMI team have saved that trick for the next possible enhancement.......................It would have been stunning.........wittenes The White Stereo reissue which has parts in 8 track and then you suddenly get the most amazing clarity as with SYSS or Love...........................With the Mono re-issues, the Mono techniques hides these problems better and as such gets a better clearer and more dynamic sound . In addition there are fewer problems with drop outs etc as the mono master machines have heads twice as wide as he stereo ones and this pass more ape AREA per second than Stereo!
There is something odd about the Stereo reissues that makes me think that EMI has one more marketing trick up their sleeves.......................The Yellow Submarine Songbook and Love have stripped back Stereo mixes ...........The reissues do not seem to
I'll explain
George Martin used his 2 tracks and 4 tracks well..................He knew what to record in what order to minimise the background noise and get the best performance on the edge tracks 1 and 4. In addition he actually manged to make more tracks available than 2 or 4 by recording say four tracks and then using a second machine to mix the four from the first down to one on the second machine ........thus giving seven tracks
ON YSS and Love , George and Giles Martin returned to these first four track tapes and unpicked them onto digital machines so that he cound remove the technical limitations which occurred when over dubbing to the second machine. Thus YSS and Love are virtually 8 track recordings with digital enhancement.........The early and mid reissues are not........................
To hear what this means listen to " Its All Too Much " on 1985 CD and YSS you can just about hear the shouts from George at the beginning part and maybe make it out on YSS not on 1985 or so well on the reissues...............The Reissues whilst balanced for sound etc, do not get to this clarity..........Thus the EMI team have saved that trick for the next possible enhancement.......................It would have been stunning.........wittenes The White Stereo reissue which has parts in 8 track and then you suddenly get the most amazing clarity as with SYSS or Love...........................With the Mono re-issues, the Mono techniques hides these problems better and as such gets a better clearer and more dynamic sound . In addition there are fewer problems with drop outs etc as the mono master machines have heads twice as wide as he stereo ones and this pass more ape AREA per second than Stereo!
Nice to be able to go back to trust and friendship!!!!!!!!!
It's a mixed up sensation this being alive
Oh! it wears a man down into the ground
It's the strangest elation
I can't describe it
Oh it leaves a man weary
It makes a man frown..............................Chris Simpson ( "Mixed Up Sensations" 1975 Martin's Cafe )
It's a mixed up sensation this being alive
Oh! it wears a man down into the ground
It's the strangest elation
I can't describe it
Oh it leaves a man weary
It makes a man frown..............................Chris Simpson ( "Mixed Up Sensations" 1975 Martin's Cafe )